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&XVJLWYAH REPUBLICAN.
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Toe ship James Mourn.;, one of the _
gul ir packet's from this city to Liverpool
arri veil this forenoon in 47 days. By this
arrival Lomhin papers have been received
at the office of the New-lfcork Evening
Post, to the 30tli of June arid Liverpool
'to the 3d July—^rom both places, how
ever, papers have been received three
days later, by the ship Milo, via Boston
We have had time to give the papers but
a momentary perusal; but should we find
any articles of interest which have not
beer, anticipated, they will be given to
-morrow.
Mr. Hunt, the ultra adininisterial can
didate to represent Westminster in pari
-ment, who contends that he is a better
pat riot than sir Francis Buodett or
Samuel Uomiily, insisted on making
speech every day on the Husting, during
the 14 days the election was pending, al
"though he eventually had but 84 votes!
He accused sir Francis of lieing opposed
;to Mr. Cobhett. On the 11th day Hunt
- was answered by a female orator, in behalf
of sir Francis. ,
Captain .Maxwell, of the navy, one of
the candidates for parliament for West
minster, was drawn through the streets '
* boat by his friends, but some opponents
^boarded his vessel, drove out the equip
age and broke the barque to pieces. The
-captain received considerable injury
the unprofitable contest and many of his
" antagonists were committed to prison.
Mr. Simpson, one of the managers of the
New-York Theatie, who left here
Spring for Great Britain, for the purpose
•of procuring a reinforcement to the dra
tnatic corps, returned this morning in the
thip James Monroe, from Liverpool—We
understand he has succeeded in engaging
almost an entire new company. Among
the number are Mr Howard, Mr. More
land, Mr. Blair, and Miss Leesugg, who
have arrived with Mr. S. Mr. Wallack
Mr. Maywood, and Mr. and Mrs. Barthey
(late Miss Smith.) of the London theatres,
avere to embark from Europe shortly af
ter Mr. Simpson, and will arrive in the
course of the ensuing theatrical season.—
Several offers were made Miss 0‘Xeil, all
«f which she declined.
• Coroner's Report—Mr. Sharp, the cor
oner at Brooklyn, New-York. was yester-
•day called to view the body of a seaman
'found dead in the Armourer’s apartment
•of theUiiited States’ navy yard. He was
discovered" in the Armourer’s chest, with
the lid shut down.—Verdict of the jury—
Suffocation. The name of the seaman
Was John Carney, of tie corvette John
Adams, lying at the navy yard,
Beggarly state of Spain.—A lcftei
from Madrid dated June 10, states that the
troops stationed in Andalusi^^^-fl^y
-ft 1 /lie week the soldiers had no mess.
The Bishop of Orense, who died on the
UOtli May, at Madrid, left one third of his
estate to support the Inquisition.
The king of Prussia is busy in repairing
old and erecting new fortifications to pre
serve the towns ceded to him on the banks
of the Rhine.
"I he duke of Kent on entering the town
of Bisch resgeim. on the frontier of Loin
ingen, was preceded by all the young girls
in the village, dressed in white and deco
rated with ribbons, strewing garlands of
Tosas befsre his carriage, for his condes
tension inpassing through their little town.'
Too bad.
The harvest on the continent of Europe
■promises an abundant crop.
A maiden lately in London, far advanc
Vd vi years and possessed of immense pro-
pertv, latelv settled 600,000 pounds on a
Banker’s clerk, upon condition of his as
suming her name at her decease.
A London paper states, that a priest
from the county of Galway having had a
Itrge sum of money confided to his charge
to convey to others, was so careful of hi,
trust that he took it to-beil with him; and
dreaming in the night that a robber stood
over him with a pistol he m ide a blow at
the imaginary pistol with such force that
lie fractured Iris arm. against the bed post.
In such a manner, as to render amputation
necessary.
Loxoox, June 50.
The Ann. from Oporto, was spoken,
16th inst. Cape Finistere southeast 6
miles, by a Urge ship, which hoisted Eng
lish colors; sue was supposed to be a pat
riot privateer, her decks being full of men,
*od several in the tops. At the same time,
she saw a large luggar board a foreign brig,
•ml after sun set she bore down to the ship,
with the brig. Th« Jong Elizabeth, ar
rived at Antwerp, from Havana, was plun
dered of valuable articles, cloths, etc. and
® considerable quantity ofsails, etc. April
10, at the entrance of the Florida gulph, by
• privateer schooner.
The nnited provinces. Insurgent priva
teer schr. was cruizing ofFCape St. Mary’s.
£5th May.
The Crown, from Jamaica.arrived in the
t) iwns, fell in with. May 15, lat. 30, Ion.
77. an Insurgent privateer brig, who wish
ed fo know what inen-of-war were accom
panying the Spanish homeward bound con
voy, then in sight—afterwards saw her
haul away for the fleet, and the next day,
being hazy, heard a smart firing the direc
tion of the convoy.
The F-. brig Marie, Ou lonafd, arriveJ
*’ Havre, June 25. from Cadiz, was boar
ded on the 2d.six ci»vs out. by an Insur
gent brig privateer, and plundered of a
considerable quantity of cochineal, indi-
go, etc.
The N.'ik A worn sailed from Bahia
March 18, fovOporto, and was taken and
burnt, the following day, by a Patriot sch.
privateer; and he Serpente, bounU to Rio
Grande, shared ^similar fate.
The Ceres, frort Rio Janeiro to Oporto,
put into Bahia, Ajrtl . 25, having, been
plundered bya priv^ 0 er.
The Belle F.scolhi. ar. at Oporto, from
Bahia, was boarded, Much 20, the 2d day
out, by a sch. under AiK colours, which
proved to be the Constahtia, of Artigas.
and after plundering her of the cargo, suf
fered her to proceed. Was boarded af
terwards by another schr. froxi Buenos
Ayres, and treated well.
The Monte Allegre, fr Bahia to Lisbon,
was captured June's, by a privates.—
Crew arr at L.
The N S de Siza, Genit, fr Laguira to
Cadiz, Malaga and Barcelona, was taken
May 30, 6 leagues fr Cadiz, by a schr
privateer.
The St Jose, Robert, fr Ven'irel and
Malaga, was taken May 12,bya privateer
of 10 g. and "0 men, from ’sienos Ay.e-
crusing off" Cape St. Vincent, in com
pany with a corvette ami galliot.
The English ship Thetis, or Kirkald*
and an English bombard, belonging
Malta, were Wrecked in the Gulf of Stora.
aothern coast of Africa, a place where the
people are all wild. The crews avere d
tained, and conducted to (lie mountain*:
but were afterwards ransomed by the 1)
of Constantia, and delivered up to th
British Vice Consul at Bona.
The Hritishfrigate Amphion, from Lim
ail V&lpariso, arrived at Rio Janeiro
stood intoSt/LouisBoads, of Isle’France,
with the intention of filling up water casks
The deputy harbor master caine on board
and informed me that no water or any re
freshment would t?e permitted without an
choring at the expeare of three dollars pci
foot of the ships’ draft, besides etcetei as
I therefore preferred disappointment.
The brig Stephen, Smith, of and from Pro
vidence t‘<r Calcutta, and ship Columbia
Lilar, of Philadelphia, from Batavia 1st
May bound to Amsterdam, were at anchor
in the roads. I sent a note to Mr. Buck-
ham the Uni>* I States consul, informing
him what ship, wherefrom andbound,and
engaged to stand off and on three hours for
anv letters he might have to forward or
communicate he might have to make. At the
■■xpiratiun of the appointed time, the con
sul's answer came oft - , and a packet of let
ters. They were accompanied byaqiiaiititv
i.f excellent vegetables, for which I am in
debted. aad take this opportunity of thank
in® him. Received information from the
first officer of the Columbia, that the Rufus
King, of Ncw-York, was about loading 100
■ onsofrice at Bitavia, ami would then
proceed to Sanrabaya, near the east end
tf Java, for the remainder. The Ameri
ca of do. was loading tice at Trygal, for
Amsterdam; the. brig Washington, of Bos
ton, was at Batavia bound to Manilla. I then
na-ie the best of my way from that inhos
oitable colory 1st June; about noon passed
Cape St. Mary’s, the southern extremity
if Madagascar. In old charts, a reef ‘
placed hearing about south from thence fi
eagurs. Captain Hasburg, in bis excel
lent Work, mentions a possibility of such
March 20. On the 2.1 of April the Brit-1 danger. I can with confidence assert that
ish frigate Andromache, and Blossom and I no such danger exists. I passed about
Tvne sloops of war, sailed from Rio for I lour leagues south of the Cape in the Guv
Valparaiso, to protect the British com-1 ernor Str ing, July, 1816, and this time at
inerce. I five leagues distance very clear and a higl:
“Seville, (Spain) June 10 —insurgent. swell, sow no breakers or even appearance
privateers still continue t» infest the coast I of discolored water, though a good look on
—they are frequently seen by the fLhntg | was kept from the mast head June 5, lat
boats, and have made several captures.’’
“Bahia, -April 21— Several vessel
tering this port, have been boarded by a
armed vessel, with a commission from Ai-
tigas—several Portuguese ships, and
mong them the Government Packet b.-en
been plundered.”
From Tut x. y. Msn. inviimsi*.
FROM EUROPE.
The contents of our papers by the Jame*
Mouroe, have been anticipated by the ar
rival of the Triton at Boston.
The Fanny is the latent vessel. She
sailed from Greenock on the 8th ultimo,
but brings nothing ndw. An intelligent
passenger remarks that the prospect for an
abundant harvest in Great Britian, was
never more favo-ablc than at the present
season. We have the Clyde Shipping
List to the 3d July.
LA TEST FROM PORT A U-PRINCE.
By the arrival this morning of the hrig
Volant, in 14 days from Port-au-Prince.
we learn'that the B-ienos Ayrean privateer I 5" nt ' , . - c L
brie captain Stafford, had arrived off I “I"* ben
that port; that captain S with a boat’s crew-
23, 20, south long S6 east at between
iiuI4 a. m. sprung aleak so as to keep two
n-n and one pump employed all the time
11th, lat. 32, 20, Ion. 28. 30, spoke the
mnorahle Eas_t Indies Company’s ship
Union, two months front Bo I umbo bourn
to London. 17tb, Cape of Good Hopi
bearing south southeast 8 lea;, tie-, spoke ship
Prince Regent, 3 months from Isle
France, vvitli troops for England; she had
lost her mainmast and all her topmast,, a
Lout one month before, and was steerin;
nr Simons’s Bay, to repair damages.
>-2d, lat. 27, 40, south long 12, 10, E
Samuel King, a native of Hull England, an
xcelentsetman.fell from the mam rigging
on deck, and in a lew minutes breathed his
last. July 1st, the leak continued; touch
eil at St. Helena, and by the politeness of
the officers of the flag ship Conqueror
quickly obtained a supply of water, with
some additions ami repairs to the pump pp
pears.
I was informed that great anxiety had
prevailed respecting the ship Prince Re
gent. Two vessels of war had been sent
It was dc
“ ClilllTI I1IH priLC* nlllLIl* I | • | || . I
one of nor late papers, had I the justice to acknowledge that I stood
in; and that during his ab- ; ,or '"with my
manded of me wl^y I did not.assist her.
went on shore to claim his prize, which. 1 1 h 'M ,e * he commander of that ship will do
as stated in one
been carried
sence.the officers and cro«- “ - I insurance; as the wind was at N. \V. and
By the same arrival, we also learn, that I ^ l ' r ^ ol . ^' ,n enter the bay, he declined
Cliristophe had recently advanced rearer I accepting any assistance. The wind, a
to Port-au-Prince, and that his movements f , ew hours afterwards, veered to S. W. so
had excited a renewed apprehension of an tha t there was no doubt of Ins safety,
attack. I Bonaparte had been very sullen for
The'French ship L’Amadee. captain P" 1 *" not converse with any
Garesche, which arrived this morning in 54 °* the t,s ' °p cers * He had become
days from Havre de Grace, spoke on the ^tremely corpulent; uses no exercise, ex
8th inst. in lat. 42, 18 lop." 63. SO, the S, e B f S0ll,e " ,n cs walking ,n the garden—
British ship Superior in a dismal state— Beet 1 " 3 "' 1 »» 1,19 °»ly companion.
She was bound from New Brunswick to L . r,,n ’ e * f c '"Iparticular wantofar.y
flung St. Helena affords, should run for
the N. side of the island, near which tliev
will be boarded from one of the vessels of
war that are cruising there. The board
ing officer fakes particulars of what is
wanted, and reports to his commander who
immediately communicates by telegraphic
signals! You then steer for Sugar-loaf
Point, where if you are permitted to enter
the bay, a hoard will be held up to your
view with the word pass on it.—You will
be hailed as you pass, and some qnestions
asked; you then steer for the flag ship.—
One ol her boats will meet you, in which
.ondon; and had been struck with light
ning, and lost all her masts. No person
was killed by the lightning. When spoke,
she was attempting, to return to New
Brunswick to repair her damages.
FROM THE EAST-I.YDIES.
The fast soiling ship Tea Plant, captain
Scott, arrirpd inst as our paper was going
to press, in 109 -’ays from Bombay. Bi
this arrival, we have received Bombay Ga
zettes to the 22d of April.
It sepms that very little change has taken
place in the interior affairs of the British | „„ ,„:ii •' —
provinces. The war with the refractory ‘fad ‘f 1 ° BcerSS “"r rCtarnS t0
nations still rages with violence and nb- 1 " ,th an .« ccoun t° f J<*ur wants
stinaev; and the papers give the details of . , rfmilns (, n board to keep
r tj-:.- i yo“ honest.—.No communication is allow-
arn , s th J 114,1 eil with the shore. Water is brought
Calcutta papers to the 9th of March, and iisTu 'irTiind'^tarl T t *° ''° ' S ‘°
Madras ones to the 14th. have been re- ' ml* threc^
reived nt Bombav. From these it appear-1-i_-.. . 11 n ? s P er ton you
ed that Ceylon still continued in adistiirb-
also pay the boats crew—they merit re-
com pence.
Obicrvaiion oil the MiltSve and t .eta-five t.lznd
ed state.
POSTCRIPT.
Just as our paper was prepared for the I Asany communication respertingplaces
nress we were obligingly favored with the little frequented may be useful'to inv
folloaving communications from c.apt. An- nautical brothers, I think it my duty to
drew Scott. I have the following published;—
Messrs. Lewis fcHail—Ship Tea Plant After the disaster caused bv the hum-
sailed from New-York on the 2-21 of No- C ane of the 27th February a succession of
vember. 1817 hound to Bombay. Feb. head winds led me among the Maldivc
th. 1818, lat. S3, south, long. 16 east, en-1 Islands.—I had occasion to pass twice
countered a most violent hurricane. Inst through the 1 ami 12 degree channel, and
topmasts, topgillantmasts, and boat. I once through the chanel called Coilaman-
forecap. larboard sides, of fore and main 1 dous. They are both clear and safe. All
tons, all the cross trees broken, several I the dangers, if any, are very near the land,
sails biown entirely away from their lash-I and may be seen in good weather either
: -gs. and all that were bent much ton day or night. Owing to light northerly
im their gaskets. Joshua Maite, of I winds, I had opportunities ofseeing so we
Portland.an honest unfortunate man, went of the west and all the east parts of these
overboard with the wreck of the foretop- Islands, and was often within a mile of the
mast, and was seen no more. The wej- land. They are formed in innumerable
ther continued hmsterous with an nncom- I circular clusters, enclosing interior smooth
mon labouring for several days after (he shallow seas, and are surrounded bv chains
disaster—but on the 9th of March the ship J of coral reefs, in general level with the
was fully rigged, all sail set, and every water, and extending from half a mile to
thing apparently in the same condition as 50 vards from the land. In some parts of
if no accident had happened. On the 8th ! the'reefs there are openin»s sufficient to
Annl, lat. 14, SO. north 74 east John Loyd admit boats, and were bavs'are formed bv
of Ncw-ii ork, sail maker, a valuable young the projecting parts of the clusters, there
man.died. On the 15th arrived in Bombay, j is in some places anchorage over a sandy
Sailed the 4th of May from Bombay. Left bottom, mixed with shells and coral —
ship- Saco, of and for Boston, ready f„ r Many of the islands furnish fresh water
sea; Atlas, of anti for Philadelphia, the a few feet from the surface of the earth
15th; Beverly, from Boston arrived there I fell in with a brig at anchor in a bay,' in
S6th April, and was going into dock. 27th j lat 6, 57, N. long. 73, SO, W. near He N
j E. extremity, that had been watering from
one of the adjacent islands. The whole
are covered with cocoanut trees, and a
thick growth of underwood. The natives
are poor and inoffensive, anil in general
very shy. I had a boat with 10 or 12 men
in her brought alongside, and though it did
not appear that they had any thing oil
board to.relieve the calls of hunger, yet
they refused to pnrtakcof our fare, owing,
I conceived, to their religious scruples.
Beating winds continuing the wfio’e
way to Bombay, I had occasion to tiaverse
among the Lucadivu Islands. They are
ill general safe to approach, and are well
inhabited The natives are inoffensive,
but not so shy as their Maldivian neigh
bours. Should a ship be in want of refresh
ments in their vicinity, I would recom
mend the Island Laurettie,in latidude 10,
34, N. and longitude 72, 56, E. It furnish
es abundance of poultry, eggs, cocoa nuts
of different and excellent qualities, besides
very fine water. The ship may lie off and
on within a mile of the landing place.—
The natives will bring off any quantity of
poultry and cocoa nuts at a reasonable
rate. If you want water, you must land
and make a bargain with the chief fer so
much per cask. He understands the val
ue of muney. You then seud your boa
with the empty casks, ami the natives, by
command of the chief, fill them. The boat
harbor is inside the reef, the entrance near
the north end of the Island, a fine sandy
beach, and the Water perfectly smooth.—
The fresh water is brought from artificial
stone cisterns; which are supplied from
natural springs about one hundred yards
from the beach. I would caution those
who navigate those seas not to place any
depemlance on old charts; they are erron
eous in the extreme.—The whole range ol
the Maldivic Islands is actually nearly on
the same meridian; the difference in the
charts is very great. Andrew Scott.
Ncw-Yoik, 21st Jiugutt 1818.
FROM FRAME.
Charleston, August 31.
The ship South-Carolina, captain East
erly. arrived on Saturday last from Bur-
1 deaux, left that place on the 2d July, ami
the Cordovan on the 4th. We have re
ceived by her, papers to the 29th June—
whose contents have been anticipated by
the arrival of the Triton at Boston, from
England. We have also been favored
with the annexed price curreut of 29th
June.
Prices at Bordeaux, ?.9th June.
Cotton, sea-island, 425 a 4S5f.; do. up
land, 205 a 245f.; dull. Rice, 431'.; nomi
nal. Tobacco, Virginia, 75 a 90f.; do.
Carolina, 65 a 75f.; nominal.
SOUTH AM E RICA.V JYE TPS.
from orn coRTtrsroxntXT.
Steam-boat hotel, reading and news room,
A'orfoUc, 25th August, 6 p. m.
Messrs. Skinner Jc Whilden,
Gentlemen—The British schr. William,
Clark, 28 days from Trinidad, with a car
go of molasses, bound here, anchored in
Hampton Roads, this morning. A gentle
man wlio came nasse n 8°-- a,,, l w* 10 has
-" ,V .“P ’o town, has politely furnished
me with a file of the “Courant” from the
15th to the 22d July, from one of which I
copy, and send you the folio wing “Bulletin
of the army libertndor of Venezuela.'’ It
is extracted from the “Correa del Oronoco”
of^the 27th June, which was taken „
Trinidad by a British colonel English,
who had served 18 months in the Patriot
army of Venezuela; and who stated further
to my informant, that the forces under gen
eral Paeb had, in every instance recently,
been successful, that the whole plains of
the province, where when he left the army,
in their possession, while the royal forces
had sought refuge in the mountains and
Other sterile parts of the country. The
eleven British officers who were last win
ter arrested in Philadelphia but afterwards
liberated, had arrived in the province, and
joined the army; and Mr. Clay’s speech,
delivered last session in congress, on the
subject of the patriots of South America,
had been translated into Spanish, and read
generally at the b-»ads of the regiments,
where it was received in every instance
with great applause. Respectfully yours
W. G. Lyford
were found in tlie place. On
the tame division had a check
enemy in the village of Caleano, w
covering Guyria itnd Curupano, in
about 400 men, who were arivai
take the besiegers in flank. Tl
■ . - 1
was completely beaten and routi
the loss of its arms and materiel. \
morning of the 30th, the garrison
maim nude a vigorous sortie on all a
Bermudez’s line of entrenchments, J
brought on an obstinate action ut)
sides. It lasted above live hours wit
greatest fury, and slaughter; but gv
Bermudez having expended -all hii
munition, was obliged to retire to 0
nacoa, to combine new operations,
obtain a reinforcement, Cumana ha
lost in the sortie of the 50th, at least
half of its garrison in killed and woun
Ileud-Quartet a. .iuguatura, June 16,1818.
The Chief of ihe SUIT.
Carlos Soubletti
From Bermuda.—The Bermuda G
ette of 8th inst. states, that several B>'
ish vessels had passed those Islands di
ing the preceding week, from the Unit ,
States bound to the West-Ii d es, wi
supplies of lumber and other Aincricf
productions, preparatory to the trade bt
ing stopped on the 1st of Oct- next, by t!»
operation of the American Navigation Act
A'orfoUc Beacon, Jluguat 25.
New-Yokk, August 21.
Captain 'I homson who arrived yester-t
day from Gibraltar, informs us that tlici
United States’ ship Franklin, captain Bal-j
lard, and the sloop of War Peacock, cap-1
tain Rodgers, were at that poit the 29tli
June, to sail shortly for Leghorn.
Two persons have been arrested in this
city, onfsuspicion of having been concerned '
in the robbery lately committed on the
Superintendent of the Schuylkill naviga
tion company. They have both been co|)r-
veyed to Philadelphia, and lodged in pris-
son.
We find, by a London paper of the 22<I
of June, that the Indians, which lately-ail
ed from Boston, appeared, as performers,
at the opera, in their native costume.—
Their dances and war songs, received the
most enthusiastic applause.
FROM MOBILE.
By the schr. Rover, capt. Chapman,
which arrived last evening in 23 days
from Mobile, we learn that the tvplius fe
ver raged severely, both at that port and
at Blakely. Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Root, and
Mr. Hrnisted, all lately of New-York, are
named among the number ot those who, at
the latter place, have been carried off by
that disease.
We are sorry to learn by the Rover,
that it was very sickly at Mobile as welt
as at Blakely Some of the passengers on
hoard the R. are sick with the fever which
prevailed there. Mr. Burnham a merchant
of Mobile, who took passage in this ves
sel, diet! the 6th day after sailing
Rapid Growth.—A letter from a gen
tleman in the Missouri Territory, under
date ot the 23d of June, gjvcs the follow
ing glowing account of the town ofFrank-
lin, which is situated more than 200 miles
up the river Missouri:—“The town plot
was a cornfield when I came to this coun
try in Aug. last one year, and sold in De
cember 1816. It now contains nearly two
hundred houses of all descriptions, and is
still rapidly increasing. This country is
exceedingly rich—high and dry, and un
commonly healthy. Salt water is here
in abundance—and fish and fowl—buffalo,
elk, deer, etc.”
Captain Packard, of the brig A*ancy, of
New-Bcdford, who arrived this morning
in 59 days from Hamburg, informs us, tha£
on the 5th of July, in lat. 57, 42 long. 14,
6, he made what is termed the rock All,
bearing E. S. E. distant 5 legues. He af
terwards passed within three or four cable’s
length of the rock, and ascertained that its
height above the surface of the water is a-
bout 50 feet, its diameter at the water a-
bout 70 feet, its base circular, and its top
ova l- Mercantile Advertiser.
BULLETIN.
The brilliant action of Cogde, and the
fatiguing marches performed bv the divis
ion of general Paez. to that period, obliged
him to approach the Apure, to re-cognize
and remount his ravalrv. without the re
mains of the division of La Torrp being
able to make the smallest movement. A
small corps that had got as far as Autrias.
the west, was surprised and destroyed by
colonel Rangel.
Brigadier Morales, who had succeeded
the command of the division of lieuten
ant colonel Lopez, and increased it with
the force which covered the Villa de Cura,
advanced into the plains of Calaboza, and
penetrated as far as Guayabal.
On the 27th, the guard of honor of gen.
Paez were ordered tnaftack Morales, which
they did with brilliant success, at day
light on the 28th by surprizing him in his
camp; 300 killed, a number of prisoners,
with 3rms and horses, were the fruits of
the victory; and Morales, with the few that
saved themselves, retreated to Sombrero,
not thinking himself secure at Calaboza.
In the mean time the division of Cuma-
, under the orders of genera! Bermudez,
which had passed the Oronoco on the 8th
April, laid seige to the city on the 16th;
while his excellency general Morino, with
with his division,guarded the sea coast,
to cat off the enemy’s supplies. General
Bermudez made various recounoissances
on the place; and on the 22d, at night,
made an attempt on the fountain head of
the city, which occassioned great destruc
tion to the defenders ot it, and consterna
tion to the garrison. On the 16th, gen
eral Morino occupied Cariaco, taking or
killing 250 men which garrisoned it, by
the advance under clo. Montes; 140 mus
kets, 40 prisoners, and military stores,
A few days since, a ship arrived at this
port, with passengers, from England;
among the number was one of no ordinary
blood, and possessing all the prejudices of
his country, went immediately i n his arriv
al to the Fly-market, to regale himself with
some of the luxuries of the season, and pur
chased two green splashes.’—and the bet
ter to acommodate his eating, carried them
on board of the ship, and having most vo
raciously devoured the one, and commenc
ed upon the other, cries out, “Captain,
your muss melons are very fine, hut not so
good as they are in England.'.'P , ■ ib.
The cornerstone of the capitol of the
United States was laid at 12 o’clock on
Monday last, the 24th inst. in presence of
the commissioner of the public buildiii"s,
and the architect of the capitol; after which
the workmen and laborers employed about
the building partook of refreshments, pro
vided by direction of the commissioner.
This ceremony took place, it will be re
collected, on the aniversary of that day
on which a barbarous enemy here made
war upon the arts, upon literature, and
upon civilized laws, and hoped to perpet
uate his infamous exploit, by laving in a
heap of irreparable ruins the edifices rais
ed by taste and genius to the peaceful
purposes of legislation, and the promotion
of human knowledge and happiness
Colonel Roger Jones, of the army, has
been appointed, by the president, Adju
tant general of the notbern division, in
the room of colonel Jessup, who is not?
quarter-master general.
General Feter B. Porter, one of the
commissiuners under the treaty of Ghent,
arrived in this city on Thursday.
We arc requested to mention that Mr.
Benjamin King, principal blacksmith at
the navy vard, Washington, is about to
obtain a patent right for the manufacture
of chain cables which, it is said, he makes
equal if Rot superior to those made in Ec-
raps.—National L-leW re— -■